Grape variety : 100% Cabernet Franc

Tasting comments :

With its salmon-pink tint, this rosé is blessed with fine, light bubbles. Prominent summer fruit aromas dominate a nose which is refined and expressive. On the palate the attack is fresh and full-bodied, building to an elegant, long finish with echoes of those summer fruit aromas.

Serving suggestions :

• Aperitifs
• Desserts made with red fruits (raspberries, strawberries, wild strawberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants, blackberries and blueberries)

Maturing process :

Matured using the traditional method
Second natural fermentation in bottles with added sugars and wine yeast
Minimum ageing period of 24 months over the lees
Ageing conditions in wine cellars : total darkness and constant temperature of 12°
Extraction of dead yeast deposit by riddling and disgorging
Topped off with ‘liqueur d’expédition’ and sealed with natural corks 

Wine-making techniques :

Hand-picked in open crates
Pressing with pneumatics presses
Maximum extraction of 100 litres of juice for 150kg of pressed grapes
Alcoholic fermentation : same as for a traditional still wine

The vineyards :

Geographical region : Entre-Deux-Mers
Type of soil : Silty clay 
Grape vine density : 4000 vines/hectare 
Yield : Between 72 and 78 hl/hectare